Railroad-car.



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Patented'Aug. 12, 1913.

B. V. H. JOHNSON. RAILROAD GAR. APPLICATION 111.31) 11111.23, 1911.

B. V. H. JOHNSON.

RAILROAD GAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.23,19U.

' mawml Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

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@DUDUUUUUQG fzpecmcation of -setters Eatent.

zipplienizi To all wrw-m it may concern Be it known the Home? son, a citizen of me {inn *nllie, or Y combined Wii'li ieilic enfs and nnoerfrerr lion has for object prinei, :1 var lion: lni'vin its inn cast steel or S'UllCiZllIfil me anal my inrein to provide me adjoining necterl together so en to and rigid conslrneiien shock and telescoping it consists in features or move i iunfl'er described and claimed, ing; had lo the accompanying drawing iorni ingg' part of this speciiimiion, Whereon- Figure 1, :1 ele'v ion of an end norlioi of one oi :he sides of :1 our holly eonstrueied according to my invenzion if n horizontal section lliereihrough through ihe adjoining end poriion of ll a body (broken away), oniizie 2, 2, in Fig. showing the .-r1'es n1 iing part of the un- (lerfrnnie in top plan ViQW; 3, e. ienl transverse section enlarged scale through one-half of i-he car body, on ine 8, 3, in Fig. 1; Figs. l} and 5, horizonhl sections to enlarged scale through the end, and slicceerling inner upright members of the side on lines 4, e zin ll 5, {3, respectively, in i; Fig. sinnizn. View to Fig. 3, showing a modification oi (he roof, and Figs. 7, and 8, dingruxnnmlie views in reduced smile, correspondin to Fig. 1, showing {he entire side oi. a pas; l

ger :uni caboose car body respectively, eonstrueleil according to my invention.

Like letters and numerals of reference (lenote like parts in all the figures.

Referring to l? i i 5, [6 represents an end portion of ihe side 01 a body, a) the end (broken away 01 the car body adjoining the side portion 0:, end 0 she corresponding part or the ear underframe.

According to my invenizion, the end pen tion a o- Tihe of the car body (hereintermed the casting) is composed preferably, of cast steel in. single piece,

' m, the oiiiier nen'ib' ends of the eusiings a n lie-ally, Q1133. of l-he side. casting; a in: tion and are ezilculnieil to to the casting, ing, in whiei t onier zinil inner respectively, :1 members 2 in All, (331 ill siting (1.

corner the i" the bottom o; M of the liOiiOln ineni; member 2 iinnierlia member 1. All the connected to form to l intermedia.

the nnderiizime present case, or away), one at e extension 8 to tl holsier 8 and iiig ably, composed throughout end bottom outwnrcl which is riveted jeeting overlyin gitudiinil SEC-bar 3 8 and exl'ensf bolster and eriiensioi r being of any suit' be riuigenient ace-or of inei'zillie uniile ".lhe casting a is HXBGL at the bottom, preferably by combined flanges 9 and 10 of with its extension 8, and 0 respectively. Gr the casting a n 1 wise fixed it the bortoin to i c as found n'ios desirable l The sicle of the ear oof'y as so built up, forms no part of my invention, but if desired the entire side of the car body may consist of a series of sections or castings a ends, in lieu of the ordinary built up construction, as seen in Fig. 7, which shows my invention applied to a passenger car, and in the case of a caboose or analogous car the entire side may be of cast steel in a single iece as shown in Fig. 8.

The metallic end Z) of may be of built upstructural rolled members, but preferably, of cast steel in a single piece as shownon the drawing, is preferably, formed according to my invention along each side edge or thereabout and adjacent thereto on its inner face with two parallel upright beads or projections 13 which overlap the outer and inner edges of end memher 1 of the side casting a so as to interlock the latter With the end I) and thereby prevent the sides of the car from spreading, and the telescoping of the car in case of collision, the end I) being furthermore riveted to the end members 1 of the casting a and at the bottom to the underframe 0 in any desirable manner.

In combination with the side casting a fixed together at their meeting- .tudinal edge by a flange the car body, which,

I may use a roof section 14: (Figs. 1 and 3) of the desired shape, and composed preferably, of cast steel integral throughout and extending preferably, the entire length of the casting a, the roof section 14 being preferably, flanged and fixed atits lower longi tudinal edge by rivets 15 to the top member 3 of the casting a, and at its upper longi- '16 and rivets 17 to the metallic sill 18. Or the entire roof framing including the two opposite sections 14 and the intermediate ventilator framing 19 (with the hoods, not shown) may be integral as shown in Fig. 6.

I make no claim to the use ot a metallic end per se for a railroad car, but

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A car side composed of one or more cast metal sections connected together, said sections having integral ribs traversing their area and serving to transmit the load by forming the principal load-carrying elements of the car.

BOONE V. H. JOHNSON. lVitnesses:

HAL C. BELLVILLE,

EDWARD W. FUnnnLL. 

